Chapter 17.37
B-3 ZONE—RESORT TOURIST COMMERCIAL

Sections:

17.37.010    Purpose.

17.37.020    Permitted uses.

17.37.030    Conditional uses.

17.37.040    Prohibited uses.

17.37.050    Density regulations.

17.37.060    General regulations.

17.37.010 Purpose.

This district is designed for hotels and a variety of resorts and multiple-family residences. They can be freestanding or part of a resort community or planned unit development. Resort tourist locations capitalize on good transportation, the physical amenities of the area, and recreational or shopping opportunities. Resort tourist areas often include some ancillary retail, cultural, and recreational uses. In some areas of the community, lower density may be required to preserve beach character and environmental features, or it may be necessary due to other physical constraints of the specific area. High-density residential uses with a resort character and lifestyle may be integrated into resort uses and may share resort amenities. Resort tourism uses often are placed next to open spaces as a key amenity. (Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008)

17.37.020 Permitted uses.

A.    Permitted commercial uses include grocery stores, drug stores, hotels, motels, restaurants, cafes, taverns, cocktail lounges, banks, specialty shops, jewelry shops, child care centers, recreational equipment rental, and other commercial uses of a similar nature.

B.    Permitted residential uses include multifamily residential at a density of not more than one dwelling unit per seven hundred square feet of lot area.

C.    Permitted accessory uses include drive-in windows for banks and restaurants and other uses that are clearly accessory to the operation of a permitted use, do not change the character of the permitted use and are consistent with the purpose of the zone.

D.    Single-family dwellings are permitted as an accessory use in the B-3 zone only as a mixed occupancy in commercial structures when located on or above the second floor above the street level floor.

(Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008)

17.37.030 Conditional uses.

The following uses may be allowed in the B-3 zone upon approval of a conditional use permit in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17.52.040 through 17.52.080; provided, that they do not detract from the character of the zone:

A.    Uses which are otherwise consistent with the purpose of the district and have some outdoor characteristics may be allowed if it can be shown that such outdoor activity is customarily a part of such uses or that some public benefit will accrue by location of such use in this district.

B.    Examples are outside storage, recreational facilities, stand-alone drive-in or drive-through facilities.

C.    Public buildings and facilities.

D.    Other uses of a similar and compatible nature not listed as permitted or prohibited uses.

E.    Row house and other common wall residential developments where the underlying land is subdivided to allow ownership of the individual lot and home.

F.    Homeless services uses.

1.    A homeless services use requires approval of a conditional use permit unless the city council agrees to negotiate a development agreement. Refer to Chapter 17.52.

(Ord. 1076 §§ 2, 3, 2021; Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008)

17.37.040 Prohibited uses.

A.    Hardware stores, professional offices, general offices; automobile, truck and recreational vehicle repair and or sales, fuel storage and sales; kennels, general equipment rental, recreational vehicle parks, all light industrial uses; and other uses of a similar nature.

B.    Uses not listed as permitted or conditional uses; provided, that uses similar to the listed permitted and conditional may be authorized pursuant to the provisions of Sections 17.06.050 and 17.06.060.

C.    Camping and other temporary housing.

D.    Single-family residences are not permitted in the B-3 zone. Single-family living units are allowed as a mixed occupancy in commercial structures when located on or above the second floor above the street level floor.

(Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008)

17.37.050 Density regulations.

A.    Two-family and multifamily dwellings shall have a minimum lot size of seven hundred square feet per dwelling unit.

B.    Subdivisions, short plats, replats and/or boundary line adjustments shall have a minimum lot size of seven thousand two hundred square feet; provided, that upon approval of a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 17.37.030, platting to a minimum of seven hundred square feet per lot may be allowed in conformance with the terms of the conditional use permit and the provisions of Section 17.50.190.

(Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008)

17.37.060 General regulations.

A.    Minimum side yard depth in feet to be determined by the building and fire codes;

B.    Minimum rear yard depth in feet to be determined by the building and fire codes;

C.    All equipment and merchandise display and storage must be conducted within an approved permanent structure with the following exceptions:

1.    Recreational equipment rentals and similar uses that require outdoor storage and display; provided, that such outside display or storage is allowed only during the hours of operation of the business and is conducted adjacent to and in connection with property adjoining an approved permanent structure;

2.    Businesses are permitted fifteen days of sidewalk sales or special event outdoor sales per year; provided, that such sales are conducted adjacent to and in connection with property adjoining an approved permanent structure. Nonprofit organizations are permitted six days of sidewalk or special event outdoor sales per year.

(Ord. 907 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008)